[cfe-dev] bool type is represented as "_Bool" in the AST

[Pradeep Kumar via cfe-dev]

Dear Aaron,
   How do I set it from command line? I am remeber setting the language
standard as -std=c++17 in the clangTool.

Regards,
Pradeep

On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 8:48 PM Aaron Ballman <aaron at aaronballman.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 11:12 AM Pradeep Kumar <pradeepisro49 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Aaron,
> >     Why is it set to "_Bool" by default?
>
> It seems to get its default value from LangOptions::Bool, which I
> believe is set automatically by the language standard mode.
>
> > How do I change it?
>
> Usually you do this by making a copy of an existing PrintingPolicy
> object and modifying it.
>
> PrintingPolicy PP(WhateverPrintingPolicyYouWereUsing);
> PP.Bool = 1;
>
> Then pass PP into the call to getAsString().
>
> ~Aaron
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pradeep
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 8:32 PM Aaron Ballman <aaron at aaronballman.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 10:47 AM Pradeep Kumar via cfe-dev
> >> <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Dear Clang-developer community,
> >> >     I am using libTooling to query information about the source.
> While querying the string representation of the bool type, I get "_Bool"
> string. I got the string from QualType::getAsString(). Should I be using
> another function to query the actual type or is it an expected behavior?
> >> >
> >> >     I don't get _Bool when dumping the ast except when I dump the
> QualType Node.
> >>
> >> The PrintingPolicy::Bool member dictates this behavior.
> >>
> >> ~Aaron
> >>
> >> >
> >> > clang Version: 9.0
> >> > LLVM Version: 9.0
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Pradeep
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